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NOVAK v. SCALESSE

(14670)

43 Conn. App. 94 (1996)

ANTHONY NOVAK, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. CHARLES SCALESSE

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Turney, with whom, on the brief, were John R. McGrail and Charles Angelo, for the appellant (defendant).

Tracy Alan Saxe, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Dupont, C. J., and Lavery and Spear, JS.

DUPONT, C. J.

The sole issue in this legal malpractice action is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendant and ordered a new trial. The resolution of this issue depends on whether the jury's answer to one of the interrogatories posed to it properly formed a basis for the court's action.

The plaintiffs, John Scalesse, Samuel Piccione and Scalesse, Scalesse and Piccione, a partnership,

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